US Air Force F-15s and F-16s performed air strikes in the vicinity of Salman Pak, Iraq, on Jan. 4, according to CENTAF. The F-15s fired two precision-guided munitions against an enemy weapons cache, while the F-16s launched two PGMs, destroying an improvised explosive device location, both with successful effects.
The Air Force overall reduced its size by 120 aircraft in fiscal year 2021, but kept about the same number of fighter, bomber and attack aircraft, according to data supplied by the service. The F-35 fleet saw the biggest increase while the B-1B bomber fleet saw the largest decline.